Mike Curb to speak at DSC

Music industry mogul and motorsports team owner Mike Curb will share his experiences in February at the Small Business Development Center at Daytona State College.

Music industry mogul and motorsports team owner Mike Curb will share his experiences in February at the Small Business Development Center at Daytona State College. Curb is scheduled to speak Feb. 13 as part of the L. Gale Lemerand Entrepreneurial Speaker Series. He will talk about his experiences as a musician and founder/CEO of Curb Records, as well as being a motorsports enthusiast and public affairs activist. He also will offer insights on the future of the entertainment industry. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. at the News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach St., Daytona Beach. In addition to owning one of the world's leading independent record labels, Curb also has won acclaim in the racing world and for his philanthropy. Curb and Daytona State College in September reached an agreement where the Mike Curb Family Foundation will donate $500,000 — $100,000 a year over five years — to create scholarships for students in music, entertainment and art. In exchange, the College of Music, Entertainment and Art will be in his name. Curb's motorsports teams have won 10 national championships with such drivers as Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty and Dan Wheldon. As a public servant, Curb was lt. governor of California and co-chaired the Ronald Reagan California Campaign for President and President Gerald Ford's California campaign. Among the many musicians he has produced are: Roy Orbison, the Osmond Family, Lou Rawls, Sammy Davis Jr., Eric Burdon, Richie Havens, Gloria Gaynor and The Four Seasons. He also has composed more than 400 songs. The Curb Records roster includes such artists as Wynonna Judd, LeAnn Rimes, Hank Williams Jr., Sawyer Brown, Rodney Atkins, Heidi Newfield and others. Curb is an equity partner in the gospel music company Word Label Group, too. In 2007 he was honored as Nashvillian of the Year and he recently received his star on Nashville's Music City Walk of Fame as well as on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Mike Curb Family Foundation has donated millions in support of music education, health-care programs and cultural arts. To reserve a seat, or for more information, call 386-506-4723.

In other area college news:

- EMBRY-RIDDLE: Under an agreement with the Canaveral Council of Technical Societies, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has gained access to an archive of more than 1,000 space-focused technical papers from more than 40 years of annual Florida Space Congress conferences dating back to 1966. The Hunt Library at Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach Campus will digitize and catalog the materials for access by students and faculty at the university's residential campuses in Florida and Arizona as well as the Worldwide Campus, which has online degree programs and more than 150 classroom locations around the globe. The general public can request printed versions of the papers through interlibrary loan or in person at the library. The archive had been in storage at the CCTS offices in Cocoa Beach, with limited availability to non-CCTS members. - STETSON UNIVERSITY: Stetson University in DeLand will feature internationally renowned author Geoff Dyer as the James Turner Butler Creative Lecturer for 2013. The event, scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson's DeLand campus, is open to the public at no charge. Dyer will read from his selected works and discuss his writing process with the audience. He also will sign books at the end of his presentation. Dyer is the author of four novels: "Paris Trance," "The Search," "The Colour of Memory," and, most recently, "Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi." A collection of essays from the past 20 years entitled "Otherwise Known as the Human Condition" was published in the U.S. in April 2011 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. His most recent book is "Zona," about Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker (published in the UK and the U.S. in Spring 2012). Dyer won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism for "Otherwise Known as the Human Condition" announced in New York in March 2012. - DAYTONA STATE: Daytona State College's resident modern dance company, Dance Theatre, under the artistic direction of Kevin Veiga, will hold auditions for the coming season on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Auditions will take place in the Daytona Beach Campus Theater Center (Bldg. 220), Dance Studio (Room 120). Interested students should come prepared in proper dance attire or comfortable movement-oriented clothing, dance shoes (ballet and jazz) and/or bare feet. The audition will consist of ballet barre and center, modern movement across the floor and learning excerpts from recent repertory. Auditions are open to the community and dancers need not be students. For additional information, email veigak@DaytonaState.edu or call 386-506-3183. - BETHUNE-COOKMAN: Bethune-Cookman University is having a "Take Charge of Your Health" event on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Graduate Seminar Room at the Center for Civic Engagement, 740 International Speedway Blvd. The event is hosted by the Daytona Beach Black Nurses Association and Office of Intramural & Recreational Programs. Participants can receive free screenings, massages, education awareness, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol checks and much more. Area local physicians will also be on hand to answer questions. For more information, call Tina Carlyle at 386-212-2163 or Cynthia Gray at 386-481-2172. - DAYTONA STATE: For seasonal or career opportunity, the American Red Cross-certified lifeguarding course at Daytona State College provides training to help individuals develop rescue skills and learn first aid, CPR and AED. The course begins Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. with a required pre-test consisting of a 300-yard continuous swim, a timed swim of 20 yards followed by a surface dive to recover a 10-pound brick and return to start point, and two minutes of treading water. Course fee is $225 and requires a $75 non-refundable deposit due by Feb. 8. To register or for additional information, call the Daytona State College Aquatic Center, 386-506-4386.